Card or pamphlet holding and feeding device



April 27 1926B 0. w. Jdflflfs fli CARD 0R PAHPHLET HOLDING AND FEEDINGDEVICE Filed Feb. 28, 1924 I INVENTOR OIJIF 14 J'oHlvso/v n QTTORNEYPatented Apr. 27, 1923.

: UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE.

, OLAF W. JOHNSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDASSIGNMENTS, TO BAKERIES SERVICE CORIEORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

CORPORATION.

QABID R PAMPHLET HOLDING AND FEEDING DEVICE.

. Application filed February 28, 1924; Serial No. 695,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF WV. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Seattle, King County, Washington, have inventedcertain new and useful Improve- 'ments in' Card or Pamphlet Holding andFeeding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to card or pamphlet holding andfeeding mechanism;more particularly it relates to a device of that character designed foruse in connection with machines whereby loaves of bread are wrapped; itbeing the object of the invention to provide means operable by and inconjunction with the bread wrapping mechanism whereby novelties andprinted matter "such as cards and .pamphlets, may be de livered singlyonto each loaf of bread-just before the wrappers are applied.

' Another object of the invention resides 1 in theprovision of a card orpamphlet container' of novel construction wherein the cards orpamphlet-s maybe stacked upon a spring pressed feed member and fromwhich they are delivered, one at a time, by

Y contact with the top card or pamphlet of friction feed rollersoperated by a driving connection with the bread wrapping machine. v

Other objects of the invention reside in thevarious details ofconstruction and comf'binatio-n of parts embodied in the invention,

and in their mode of operation. f In accomplishing these and otherobjects of the invention, I have provided the im- 1 proved details ofconstruction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cardor pamphlet holding device and feed mechanism embodied by the presentinvention. 7 Figure 2 is a perspective view, showing the oppositeside ofthecard or pamphlet holder from that shown in Figure 1; the door of thehousing being open.

Figure 3is a central vertical section of the device.

Figure 4 is a ible retainer.

Figure 5 is a top view of the device. Referring more in detail to theseveral perspective view of the flexviews of the drawings on the upperendsof rods 6 which extend" through openings 7 in the. bottom wall 8 ofthe housing, and, at their lower ends, are attached to a. plate 9., Tothe plate 9 are attached the lower ends of a plurality of tensionedspringslO which act to lift the rods and plate to maintain the top ofthe pack 4, adjacent the top of the housing, in proper relation tothefeed mechanism. These springs are attached, at their upper ends, to apair of horizontal, parallel bars 11 and 12 upon which the housing 1 ismounted for slight vertical movement.

The present device, when used with a.

bread wrapping machine, is disposed adjacent the upward line of travelof the loaves.

As is shown in Figure 3,each loaf of bread 13 passes upwardly along thehousing 1 and strips of wrapping paper, one of which is shown at 14, aredelivered into the path of the .loaf as it passes above the housing.Mechanism, not shown, then causes the paper to be wrapped about theloaf. The present device delivers cards or pamphlets,

one at a time, onto the loaves ust before they come in; contact withtheir wrapper, and the latter then serves to hold thecards or pamphletsand to draw them from the delivery opening of housing.

The means provided for feeding the cards as shown in dotted lines at 2-0in' Figure 0 where it-will becaught-up between the ador pamphlets to theloaves comprises a pair of corrugated, rubber feed rollers 16 on arotatably fixed shaft 17 that extends horizontally across the topopening of the container and which is supported independent of thehousing 1. These rollers are adapted to come into rubbing contact withthe top card or pamphlet of the pack and to thereby cause it to beadvanced to the position 0 vancing loaf and its wrapper. As the top cardor pamphlet is withdrawn from the pack, the next lower'one of thepack'is held temporarily by a rubberpad 21 at the end of a spring plate22that is supported from the top'wall 2301f the-housing. This padyieldingly resists the withdrawal of the card or pamphletbut is notsuflicient to overcome the pull 'ofthe feed rollers 16.

In order that the feeding of cards or pamphlets will not beoverlappingor continuous, I have cut out segments of the feed rollers,as shown at 25. This provides for proper synchronized delivery of theaids or pamphlets in accordance with movement of the loaves of bread.

To more'ac-curately guide the cards or pamphlet-s into position to bereceived by the bread, I provide the housing, at the edge of thedelivery openingB, with an inclined lip 26. across which, inspacedrelation, is a wire 27 which will prevent the cards or pamphlets, afterbeing-released by the feed rollers 16, from falling from position.

To prevent the feeding of more than one card or pamphlet at a time, Ihave attached a plate 30 to the innerwall of the housing,

andthis has its upper edge at such level thatiit will retain the secondcard or pamphlet from the top of the pack, but will per mitthe top oneto-be advanced. Ordinarily, such a plate isnot necessary, but sometimesbecomes so if the cards or pamphlets are of such a nature that they tendto stick together.

Should itbe:desired to-discontinue feeding of the cards or. pamphlets atany time, the housing 1.may be lowered so as to cause the feed rollers16 to be disengaged from the pack. This lowering is effected by means ofa lever 35 that is pivotally fixed, as at 36, to

.a cross bar. 37 extended between and fixed to the bars 11 and 12. Atits inner end this lever is connected with a looped strap 38attachedcentrally to the bottom wall of the housing and at its outer endhas a handle 39 whereby it may be'raised or lowered and seatedwithinnotches 40 of a plate 41 that ing position where it is yieldinglyretained by means of a spring 12 that is coiled about a pin extendedthrough the looped strap 38 with its ends bearing downwardly against thesupporting bars 11 and 12. The housing is retained functionally inposition and its upward movement limited by means of straps 15 loopedabout the bars 11 and 12 and secured to the housing in such manner as topermit only vertical movement thereof.

IVhile this construction is designed for a certain type of machine, it-is'readily apparent that by slight variations in details ofconstruction", it could-be adapted to other types ofmachines withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and for this reason I do notwish to be confined only to details herein shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent 'ofthe United States, is:

1. The combination with a wrapping machine of a card or pamphlet holdingand feeding device comprising a housing having a delivery opening. atthe top, supporting means for the housing whereby it 1s permitted aslight vertical travel, yieldahle means within the housing whereon acard or pamphlet pack may be supported and maintained adjacent thedelivery opening of the housing, rotatably driven feed rollers operablethrough the opening for engaging the cards or pamphlets'to feed them,one at a time, from the housing, yieldable means nor mally retainingthehousing at its upper limit of travel and means for moving itdownwardly to disengage the card or painohlet pack fromthe feed rollers.

2. In adevice offthe class described, a housing for containing a car orpamphlet pack having a .top delivery opening through which cards orpamphlets may be discharged from the housing, friction feed rollersdisposed toengage the top of the pack to feed the cards or pamphletssingly fromthe pack; said housing having av laterally turned lip at theedge of said opening over which the cards or pamphlets are'discharged,and a cross member in spaced relation above'the lip which co-operateswith the lip to support the cards or pamphlets after being released bythe feed rollers.

3. A card or pamphlet holding and feeding mechanism, comprising ahousing for containing acard or pamphlet pack, and having a top openingthrough which-said "cards or pamphlets may be discharged, supportingbars for the housing, a horizontal plate within thehousing on which thecard or pamphlet pack may 'be mounted, rods fixed to the said plate andextended downwardly from the housing, a plate fixed to the lower ends ofsaid rods, springs attached to the latter plate and to the housingsupports whereby the pack is yieldingly retained adj ace'nt the topopening, a feed shaft ers, and means for depressing the spring andextended across the said opening, friction for adjusting the housingdownwardly from feed rollers on said shaft for delivering the the feedrollers to discontinue thedischarge 10 e cards or pamphlets singly fromthe housing, of cards or pamphlets. 5 a spring interposed between thebase of the Signed at Seattle, King County, Washinghousing and saidsupporting bars for retainton, this 19th day of January, 1924.

ing itin operative relation to the feed roll OLAF W; JOHNSON.

